Analysis

Looming 25 per cent levies on all Canadian exports to the U.S. are causing "uncertainty shock" in all industrial sectors but for climatetech companies trying to build commercial momentum they might be "decimating" – unless they can rethink their supply chain and export strategies.

Canada wants to host the next generation of data centres that will provide computing power needed for the burgeoning boom in artificial intelligence. But with many grids already maxed-out and the queue of IT players aiming to connect growing longer, where will the vast volumes of electricity come from?

As incoming U.S. President Donald Trump threatens a trade war to push Canadian officials to cave on a list of demands, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in a political bind that represents his first real threat to his electoral chances.

Increasing the flow of oil and gas to the United States to help avoid Trump's threat of 25 per cent tariffs is a key plank of Canada's diplomatic maneuvering, but it reveals a longstanding problem for the Canadian economy: we're severely vulnerable to an unpredictable neighbour.

Pension funds are gambling with Canadians’ retirement savings by placing multi-billion dollar bets on hydrogen's ability to rescue old, polluting gas pipelines from terminal decline, according to a climate finance advocacy organization.

Danielle Smith's visit to Mar-a-Lago is another example of the power vacuum left in the Liberal's collapse. It's still unclear if her visit will be beneficial or a waste of jet fuel.

Canadian metals and minerals are critical for the U.S. clean energy, defence and microchip sectors, but provide little if any leverage in trade negotiations with a tariff-focused Trump administration.

Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, is still deciding whether he wants the Liberal crown. But if Liberals have any hope of saving the party from collapse, experts say a stark contrast must be drawn between the new leader and outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

A National Marine Conservation Area promises to deliver resources for more monitoring and an ongoing scientific understanding of the vast climate changes the North is undergoing. But to the people of Churchill, that’s not good enough on its own; a deepening scientific understanding, many believe, must include the region's lived ancestral knowledge.

Reality check: BC emissions have soared since 1990 – and all the increase has happened while the BC NDP ran the government.

In a year end interview with Canada's National Observer, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault acknowledges the tough political headwinds his government is facing as he tries to get the last of the Liberal's climate plan over the line. But if the Conservatives come to power next year, a big question remains: what, if anything, will survive?

Taking a train from Montreal to Ottawa recently, McGill professor John Gradek kept an eye on the speedometer. He noted it reached a top speed of about 160 kilometres per hour. That may be fast for a car, but it’s slow by train standards; high speed trains in Europe and Asia reach speeds of up to 460 kilometres per hour.

The idea of using energy as a cudgel is unbelievably terrible for Ontario when we look at how energy is supplied to the province. Ontario has far more to lose if the U.S. slashes energy supplies to Canada, than the other way around.

Chrystia Freeland has resigned as finance minister amid bitter feud with Trudeau, setting the stage for an intra-party war as Trump tariffs loom on the horizon.